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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Advice From An Old Programmer - (a must read)

This is an awesome read I came across yesterday penned by an amazingly talented programmer called Zed Shaw. Here's an excerpt:

"Of course, all of this advice is pointless. If you liked learning to
write software with this book, you should try to use it to improve your
life any way you can. Go out and explore this weird wonderful new
intellectual pursuit that barely anyone in the last 50 years has been
able to explore. Might as well enjoy it while you can.

Finally, I'll say that learning to create software changes you and
makes you different. Not better or worse, just different. You may find
that people treat you harshly because you can create software, maybe
using words like "nerd". Maybe you'll find that because you can dissect
their logic that they hate arguing with you. You may even find that
simply knowing how a computer works makes you annoying and weird to
them.

To this I have just one piece of advice: they can go to hell. The world needs more weird people who know how things work and who love to figure it all out.
When they treat you like this, just remember that this is your journey,
not theirs. Being different is not a crime, and people who tell you it
is are just jealous that you've picked up a skill they never in their
wildest dreams could acquire.
You can code. They cannot. That is pretty damn cool."
To read more: Advice From An Old Programmer.

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eV@gabond - The Meaning

" I want to be an educated vagabond, not a vagabond out of weakness. I don't want to do anything in my life out of weakness - because I could not be anything else, that's why I am a Vagabond - that is not my way. First I want to prove to the world that I can be anything that I want to be, but still I choose to be a vagabond - out of strength. Then there is respectability even if you are a Vagabond, because respectability has nothing to do with your vocation, your profession; respectability has something to do with acting our of strength, clarity, intelligence. "